Dr. Tho Graduated from the National
University of Singapore in 1985 and was then admitted
as Fellow to the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)
in 1989. He then did the Foreign Medical Graduates
Examination (FMGEMS), followed suit by his Orthopaedic
Surgery Exit Certification Examination in 1995, Fellow
to the Academy of Medicine Singapore in 1996. Dr. Tho
is also a qualified instructor in Advanced Trauma Life
Support.
He is also the recipient of the
Kwok Foundation Scholarship grant. Dr. Tho was awarded
the Ministry of Health HMDP Scholarship in 1993 to
train at the Department of Sports Orthopaedic Surgery,
Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dr. Tho has been invited as a
speaker on many issues related to sports medicines
both locally and internationally. He has also done
many publications on international and local journals,
especially on anterior cruciate ligament injuries.
Dr Tho is actively involved in the
management of professional sportsmen especially among
the professional soccer players in the S-League. He is
also the team physician to the National Soccer Team.
Treatment of ligament injuries around the knee, ankle
and shoulder form a big part of the work. Most
injuries can be treated non-surgically with
medications, injections and physiotherapy. Injections
of joint lubricant in the knee or ankle joints can
help reduce pain and swelling, allowing many sportsmen
and soccer players to get back to competition.
When required, arthroscopic
reconstruction or repair of these ligaments will be
done. Common arthroscopic procedures include anterior
cruciate ligament reconstruction, posterior cruciate
ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair, shoulder
joint ligament reconstruction for recurrent
dislocation, rotator cuff repair as well as joint
debridement of the knee, shoulder, hip and ankle.
Total joint replacement and uni-condylar knee
replacements as well as shoulder and hip replacement
surgeries are done in severely damaged joints in older
patients.
Dr Tho is also active in various
sports organisation and bodies. He is an avid
sportsman himself as well.
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